LIBYA AND NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION: REVOLT, WAR AND INTERVENTION

Abstract

The North Africa popular revolts spread rapidly from Tunisia to Egypt, and then from Egypt to Libya, threatening entrenched regimes and the status quo. For instance, in Libya, the revolt changed into bloody confrontation of war and spilling over of armaments everywhere in the country. In Tunisia, the Muslim movement (Nahda Party) led the country into social unrest. In addition, Egypt’s revolt, with its brotherhood domination, turned into Christian-Muslim confrontations, as daily practice. Whereas many observers have drawn parallels with the rising of the American control of the International Order and the domination of the Western alliances, and its major leading role in combating terrorism, and the eastward spread of democracy to Eastern Europe, the outcome of the Arab revolts is far from bringing political and social stability in the Arab region.  This popular revolt has challenged authoritarian rule in the whole region, and highlighted the widespread desire for a responsible government. Libya, in particular, is an evidential and identical example among other Arab revolts that the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) played a major powerful militarized intervention to support Libya’s revolt. The following questions will focus on the analysis of the NATO’s interventional role in Libya: What role did the NATO play in supporting Libya's uprising? Why did the NATO take this action, particularly in Libya, and not in Egypt or Tunisia's revolts? Did the NATO have any particular impacts on Libya's revolt? Did the NATO succeed in its campaign in Libya, in order to establish democracy and bringing Social stability in the country?